Tonart: D major
Verse 1
G
D
Westward from the Davis Strait
A
'Tis there 'twas said to lie
D
G
D
The sea route to the Orient
Bm
For which so many died
D
G
D
Seeking gold and glory
Bm
Leaving weathered, broken bones
D
G
And a long- forgotten
A
D
Bm
lonely cairn of stones
Verse 2
Bm
G
D
A
Ah, for just one time
G
Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
D
G
D
To find the hand of Franklin
Em
D
G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
D
A
Tracing one warm line
G
Bm
Through a land so wild and savage
D
G
And make a Northwest
D
A
D
Passage to the sea
Verse 3
Bm
G
D
Three centuries thereafter
A
I take passage overland
G
D
In the footsteps of brave Kelso
Bm
Where his sea of flowers began
G
D
Watching cities rise before me
Bm
Then behind me sink again
D
G
D
This tardiest explorer
A
Asus4
Bm
Driving hard across the plain
Verse 4
Bm
A
D
A
Ah, for just one time
G
Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
D
G
D
To find the hand of Franklin
Em
D
G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A
D
A
Tracing one warm line
G
Bm
Through a land so wild and savage
D
G
And make a Northwest
D
Asus4
D
Passage to the sea
Verse 5
G
D
And through the night, behind the wheel
A
The mileage clicking west
G
D
I think upon Mackenzie
Bm
David Thompson and the rest
D
G
Who cracked the mountain
Bm
And did show a path for me
D
G
D
Bm
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea
Verse 6
Bm
A
D
A
Ah, for just one time
G
Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
G
D
To find the hand of Franklin
Em
D
G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A
D
A
Tracing one warm line
G
Bm
Through a land so wild and savage
G
D
A
Bm
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
Interlude 1
Bm
Asus4
D
A
G
Bm
G
D
Em
D
G
Asus4
D
A
G
Bm
G
D
A
D
Verse 7
D
How then am I so different
A
From the first men through this way?
G
D
Like them, I left a settled life
D
G
D
To seek a Northwest Passage
Bm
At the call of many men
D
G
A
To find there but the road
D
Bm
back home again
Verse 8
Bm
A
D
A
Ah, for just one time
G
Bm
I would take the Northwest Passage
G
D
To find the hand of Franklin
Em
D
G
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
A
D
A
Tracing one warm line
G
Bm
Through a land so wild and savage
D
G
And make a Northwest
D
A
D
Passage to the sea
Bm
D
A
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
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